Woods and Els named as Presidents Cup captains

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Tiger Woods and Ernie Els shifted their decades-long pleasant rivalry onto the worldwide stage as they had been formally named as captains for the 2019 Presidents Cup on Tuesday.

Woods, who holds the matchplay competitors’s report with 24 match wins for the USA, and Els, who has received an Worldwide aspect finest 20 matches, will lead their groups into the 2019 version on Dec. 12-15 at Royal Melbourne.

4-times main winner Els of South Africa has been a runner-up to Woods seven instances in his skilled enjoying profession ,together with twice within the majors.

Woods and Els served as captain’s assistants in 2017, when the 12-man U.S. workforce beat the Internationals 19-11 at Liberty Nationwide in New Jersey for his or her 10th Cup victory towards one loss and one draw general within the competitors.

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